This is why they would give the most prominent seats to rich people at important events or kowtow to their every whim or desire while treating the poor person like scum.īut this common cultural thought stood in stark contrast to the teaching of Jesus. They believed if a person had tremendous wealth, it was because God had richly blessed that man, and therefore was more important than the poor person begging on the street (who God clearly didn't bless). Like us Americans, ancient Jews fell into this same thought-trap.
#Kowtow to their every whim for free
Yet, the owner gave the meal for free to the richest guy in the room. Woods his meal was on the house.īut if you think about it, as a multi-millionaire, Tiger probably could have not only bought his own meal, but the meal of everyone in the restaurant, and not felt a financial pinch at all. The manager of the restaurant was so honored to have such a famous and successful golfer in his establishment that he told Mr. I once heard a story about Tiger Woods, the famous golfer, eating at a restaurant years ago when he was at the height of his success. Throughout time, humans have judged their fellow humans who have an abundance of wealth as being better, smarter, and more worthy of attention than their less-wealthy compatriots. Our modern day American society isn't much different from many other cultures, whether modern or ancient, when it comes to opinions about wealthy and non-wealthy individuals.
However, for our purposes (and to keep this article brief), we are going to tackle the subject of financial poverty, and how the Imago Dei changes our approach to the financially poor. For instance, someone could be monetarily wealthy, yet live in relational poverty, while another person might have inherited millions, yet live in daily emotional poverty. Let me say from the outset, poverty is more than just financial. (If you've missed previous editions of this series, you can always catch up here.)
#Kowtow to their every whim series
So let's "spring" right to this week's content as we continue our series on The Imago Dei, this time diving into the subject of poverty. According to the calendar, I should be wishing you a Happy Spring.
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